by Rev. Kenneth Glasgow | Feb 17, 2020 | Criminal Justice, Election, Featured
I visited Birmingham County Jail this week to deliver a simple message: you are free to vote, even if you don’t know it. And now is the time for you to claim and exercise this right. I was joined by allies from the League of Women Voters, the NAACP, prominent...
by Alyssa Aguilera, Jeremy Saunders | Oct 21, 2019 | Blog, Criminal Justice, Featured, Protest
New York’s City Council has voted to allow the construction of four new jails as part of a plan to close Rikers Island, where thousands of New Yorkers are jailed. The vast majority are there without convictions because they can’t afford bail, or locked up when their...
by Larry Stafford | Oct 4, 2019 | Blog, Criminal Justice, Featured, Race
Photo credit: KENS-TV screenshot / YouTube I’ve been thinking about this Amber Guyger verdict, and seeing different perspectives on the timeline. Lately, I’ve been seeking to understand more about what some call an abolitionist framework around the criminal legal...
by Jeremy Saunders | Jun 17, 2019 | Blog, Criminal Justice, Democracy, Election, Featured, Protest, Race
A blue wave surged across New York State last November, as voters went to the ballot box to demand true progressives represent them in Albany. This unprecedented voter turnout helped create an undeniable Democratic majority in our state legislature for the first time...
by Jerad Halcott | Jun 13, 2019 | Blog, Criminal Justice, Featured, Health, Opioid Crisis
To save lives from our opioid epidemic, we have to meet drug users where they are. I know: I’m living proof. My name is Jerad Halcott, and I live on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. At ten, I was huffing prescription drugs, then I moved on to stronger stuff. At fifteen,...
by KC Vick | May 16, 2019 | Blog, Criminal Justice, Featured, Gender Justice, Health, I Speak
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey just signed the most restrictive anti-abortion law in the country. Doctors now face up to 99 years in prison for offering to end pregnancies, with nearly no exceptions - including cases of incest and rape. Once again, the people of Alabama...
